June 03, 2003
This rant is a bit late in coming, but I finally got sick of hearing people complain about the iTunes 4.01 update. Oh boo hoo, Apple disabled the ability to stream music across subnets with iTunes. Those dirty, rotten, greedy, freedom-hating bastards.
I'm sorry, I have no patience for that attitude. Yes, being able to listen to music streamed from home while sitting in a coffeehouse or at work is pretty damn cool. Certainly falls within the realm of personal use, and I'm all for it. But obviously it was causing more of a legal hassle than it's worth. What did you expect? All Apple did was remove the far-too-easy point-and-click means to do it. Guess what? You can still set up Apache to serve up those files. Drop a few bucks and you can use Andromeda to stream your music. And obviously, you can still use iTunes to stream within your own network. So what's the problem?
I have to say, though, that the hullaballoo has given rise to some amusing conversation amongst the Windows users at work. They never quite seem to have their facts straight.
Update: Whew, could I sound more bitter?
